The company we know as Nissan today stretches all the way back to 1914 when it got started selling military-grade trucks. Formerly sold under the "Datsun" brand, Nissan has become increasingly independent over the past several decades. In 1999, Nissan made one of those strange auto partnerships with Renault out of France. Renault now owns over 44 percent of Nissan, while Nissan retains 15 percent of Renault shares.

Today, Nissan has been putting its resources toward the green initiative. It started with a hybrid system based off Toyota's Prius, but the company has since built its own hybrid technology, which is said to be more efficient and less complicated than Toyota's. In late 2010, Nissan plans to unveil the Leaf, a five-door hatchback electric car. According to Nissan, the Leaf has a range of 100 miles in the city, which is where electric vehicles are expected to become most popular.

Nissan Video

Nissan Senior Vice President José Muñoz answers questions submitted by Bullz-Eye.com editors and readers at the 2013 New York Auto Show. He addresses a wide variety of topics including the 2014 Pathfinder Hybrid and sales of the Nissan Leaf.

Upon first glance, the redesigned Nissan Rogue looks like a luxury vehicle, but this reasonably priced crossover is well positioned to compete in a crowded field, with a sporty look and all sorts of bling.

This Nissan stands out in a crowd, a coupe that looks great and drives even better.

Sites worth visiting

Nissan
The official Nissan site has shifted focus along with the company toward green products. Alongside your standard retail tools, you can also find information about Nissan's work in the green sector, the development of the Leaf project, and Nissan's commitment to performance vehicles that are fun to drive. As far as official manufacturer sites go, this one's pretty god.

Nissan on Wikipedia
As with most of the Japanese carmakers, Nissan's history is a complicated mess of acquisitions, mergers, partnerships, and name changes. The Nissan Motors page at Wikipedia makes it a little easier to sort through it all. You'll come away with a general sense of where the brand came from, at least.

Around the Blogosphere

Nissan at Autoblog
Autoblog has long been the go-to place for auto news, and its Nissan site is no exception. Autoblog is always up-to-date, and includes the latest news, announcements, and even a few rumors and a little speculation to keep your interest.

Dashboard News - Nissan
This car blog follows all the major brands. Can Nissan make headway against Toyota's Prius?

Nissan blog at Automotive.com
Automotive.com is a great all arond resource for car enthusiasts, and the Nissan page is no different. It's pretty standard fare - model updates, release dates, MSRPs, and the like, but it's all good information and the updates come pretty regularly.

sub5zero - Nissan
Sub5zero has all the performance Nissan news you could want. If you're a Skyline or 350Z enthusiast, this is the blog for you.

Community Sites

Nico Club
This is the hottest community site we were able to find for Nissan/Infiniti enthusiasts. There are subforums dedicated to just about every model of Nissan out there, and even a few Datsun pages for the real connoiseur.

Nissan Club
This is another great page for Nissan enthusiasts. The forum members are active, knowledgable, and always up to date on the latest Nissan news.

Nissan Forums
Another great forum base, though this one is aimed at the modders. The news page has all of the latest news and gossip from Nissan. The forums are friendly and open to enthusiasts of all levels.